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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1950
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun notes publication details with editor G Clarke and rates for subscriptions. Local annual rate is $1.80, Canada $1.70, U S $2.00 per year, payable in advance. The paper disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions and mentions notes of thanks memoriam and announcements.
The presbytery schedules boys camp from July 30 at a location in Twillingate with details to be finalized. Organizers invite families and church groups to participate and note potential activities for youth.
The column highlights the Mid-century World Convention on Christian Education in Toronto with United Church participation from Twillingate. It argues ordinary people defend liberty against dictatorial threats, touts Christian influences for peace, and notes local residents planning visits and family travel from Newfoundland towns.
A well known Canadian at the Kinsmen Club of Kingston Ontario criticizes Communism as Asiatic fanaticism rooted in hate and envy. He argues its weakness lies in denying Christian love and urges citizens to live under the light of Christianity and the spiritual destiny of all major religions.
M P Ashbourne and family returned from Ottawa where the Grand Falls Labrador MP attended a busy parliamentary session. He helped compile evidence for the Old Age Security Committee which recommends a $40 monthly pension for those aged seventy plus, funded by the federal government. The plan also proposes a similar pension for 65 to 69 year olds meeting means tests, shared by federal and provincial governments. He notes Canada should support UN policies on Korea and mentions a potential emergency session if war conditions worsen and a summer visit by Secretary of State F Gordon Bradley.
Twillingate church announces Vacation School re opening this summer with a tentative July 17 to 21 date. A meeting to reorganize the Vacation School Committee is set for 8 30 am on Tuesday July 11 to invite all members and interested workers to attend.
Ashbourne's Ltd says a cargo of Nep Sydney screened coal is being accepted and due next week, detailing the supply terms and expected delivery timeline.
Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned for improvements to the wharf and breakwater at Fortune Newfoundland will be received until 3.00 p.m. DST Wednesday July 12 1950. Plans and specs may be seen in Ottawa and St Johns with tender forms at listed Newfoundland post offices. A $20 blueprint deposit applies and bids require a certified cheque for 19 percent or acceptable bonds. By order Robert Fortier Acting Secretary Department of Public Works Ottawa June 21 1950.
Canadian and international Christian workers prepare for the Mid-Century Convention on Christian Education to be held in Toronto August 10 to 16 1950. Delegates from Newfoundland to Brazil and Ethiopia join a world wide fellowship and a Welcome Book project supporting delegates from war ravaged countries.
The document presents commodity pricing from the Canadian market including White Canadian triplet cheese, Windsor Salt at 48 cents a pound, large bags grade A at 72 cents a dozen, and Sifto Salt in two pounds packages at 13 cents per package. Minister Philip S. Forsey, Supply, dated 30th June 1950 No 664.
Grand Falls Fish and Game Association announced two winners of the essay contest The Conservation of our Wild Life Carl Abbott of Grand Falls High School and Lillian Bouzine of St Josephs Windsor Ct received cash prizes Captain H W Walters Chief Game Warden praised both essays noting intelligent study and knowledge of wildlife conservation Abbott is the 14yearold son of Magistrate and Mrs Abbott of Grand Falls.
On the Northern Ranger four young ladies traveling to Grenfell Mission stations in northern Newfoundland and Labrador. One woman will renew the Spotted Islands nursing station and another will perform community work there. The remaining two will spend the summer at St. Anthony. All work without pay and will stay on the coast until late August.
Fisheries Minister Mayhew announced a deal with the United Kingdom and four other nations to sell six million dollars worth of fish. Markets will operate under the pre Confederation system with sales in sterling and credited against Newfoundland debt. Newfoundland fishermen to be reimbursed in dollars.
A tribute notes the death of Margaret White age 36 in June in Brooklyn New York after a long illness. She lived nine years in Brooklyn where she made many friends and was a Methodist Church member. Burial was June 23 at Arm Cemetery after service at South Side United Church with Rev Freake officiating. She leaves parents a sister Florence a brother Capt Tom Twillingate and sister Lillian Boyd Herring Neck.
A reader marks their 75th year since setting foot in Newfoundland at Twillingate South Side on July 7. The piece recalls long residence in Newfoundland towns, mentions Tom Sage and Tom Sugg, notes government visits by the Premier, and muses on El Dorado hopes through mineral wealth and new fisheries processing ideas.
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